Table top



J. W. BEIGER TABLE TOP Filed July 24, 1933 Jan. l5, 1935.

ATTORNEYS Patentedl Jan. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TABLE TOP Application July 24, 1933, Serial No. 681,848

1 Claim.

The main objects of this invention are:

First, to provide a table top construction especially adapted for card tables in which the necessity for a careful iitting of a top panel in the frame is eliminated.

Second, to provide such a structure in which a flexible covering is fastened on the table top in such a way that the edge of the covering is parallel with the edge of the table.

Third, to provide such a table in which the ilexible covering is tucked or rolled into a groove or kerf in the table top in which the unsightly edges of the covering and any dirt falling into the groove are concealed.

Further objects and advantages pertaining to details and economics of construction and operation will appear from the description to follow.

A preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a table top embodying my invention having a portion of the flexible covering out away to show the placing of the panel.

Fig. 2 is a perspective sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the table top without the flexible covering.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

1 is a table top frame having at its upper inner edge a rabbeted portion 2 adapted to receive a top panel 3. The frame may be of wood or any suitable material and the top panel may likewise be wood or ply board or any suitable sheet material.

The panel 3 is disposed in the rabbeted groove 2 with its top lying iiush with the top of the frame and having its outer edges 4 spaced from the inner edges 5 of the frame. This eliminates any diiliculty in tting the top panel into the frame as it may be cut of such a size that it will iit readily within the rabbeted portion of the frame.

6 is a ilexible cover which may be of leather or leatherette or the like, which is disposed over the panel 3 and over a portion of the frame 1.

7 is a groove or kerf in the frame 1 into which the edges of the exible covering 6 may be tucked by rolling `or in any suitable manner Well known to the art. This groove is parallel with the outer edge of the frame and slants from the top portion of the frame downwardly and outwardly. It will be seen that when the cover 6 is rolled in often the edge 8 is folded back on itself which exposes the raw edge of the material. If the groove were not slanted, the edge of the material would be visible when viewed directly from above the groove. By slanting the groove, this is eliminated. This also conceals any dirt that may lodge in the groove, giving a much neater appearance' to the table after it has been used for some time.

The groove 7 is made parallel to the outer edge of and in the frame to improve the appearance of the table. Quite often the frames of tables warp and if the groove is in the frame and parallel to the edge it creates an illusion of straightness even though the edge and the groove are both somewhat warped. Thus, the table always has a neat appearance after considerable hard usage.

The edge 8 of the flexible covering 6 may be secured in the groove by gluing or in any other suitable way and the top panel 3 is preferably held in its desired position by means of nails 9 extending through the panel and into the frame.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention and wish to claim the same specifically and also broadly as pointed out in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination of a table top having a kerf in the top surface thereof substantially parallel with the edge of said top and slanting downwardly and outwardly, and a flexible protective cover of leather or the like overlying said top andhaving its edges tucked into said kerf.

JOHNW. BEIGER. 

